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Post by Brithunter on Dec 4, 2003 11:58:18 GMT -5
Hi All, Here are some pictures from the trip to Missouri:-  Clear cold day   Sunset truns the trees copper.  Turkeys  I had seven Turkeys to watch, no deer today just Turkeys. |
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Post by mr4pt on Dec 4, 2003 15:32:49 GMT -5
Those are beautiful, turkeys are fun to watch.
Did they bust ya?
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Post by Bucktales on Dec 4, 2003 17:36:31 GMT -5
I like the looks of that hunting area. Reminds my of hunting back home.
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 4, 2003 19:03:42 GMT -5
GREAT TURKEY PICS.....LOOKS LIKE AN AWESOME PLACE TO HUNT.
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Post by Brithunter on Dec 4, 2003 21:45:14 GMT -5
Hi All, Thank you, I took a bunck of pictures on te Olympus digital that I have, and I will put up more some time in the future. It sure is one hellva place to hunt, they even have Bobcat though I only saw fresh tracks. Beaver in the Creek and i also saw a pair of bald eagles which are not common there due to no large bodies of water being near by ;D couldn't get a nice picture of them thoug, the one chance I had I blew it, the camera was in my day pack and not switched on  Flhuntress, no the Turkeys never saw me in my ladder stand, the pictures are taken from about 120 yards away with zoom on! You might not notice it but in the copper coloured tree picture, there is a ladder stand on the tree at the point of the woodline. It's to the right of the picture about 1/3 of the way in, that's Patricks stand and is about 600 yards form the one I was in, looking across to the left of the picture. |
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Post by Biggie on Dec 4, 2003 23:52:53 GMT -5
Nice pics!
Which Olympus? I've looked into them and they are a bit pricey but if it takes pics like that @ 120 yrds its worth it!
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 5, 2003 0:20:10 GMT -5
i have one too....love mine but wish it'd zoom just a lil bit more.
mine's a D-38something...either a 0 or 6...mine goes huntin' iwth me so it's a lil beat up.
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Post by Brithunter on Dec 5, 2003 4:31:23 GMT -5
Hi All, I brought the Olmpus CZ2100UZ, they dropped this from the line, I think it was too expensive, it's not a compact either being the size and shape of an SLR 35mm, in fact I use a 35mm case to carry and protect it  It has a long lens on it which has 10x optical Zoom and then a further 2.7x digital which you can add together and as it has image stabilisation you can even take pictures free hand on max zoom, and when you look through the viewfinder you see what the lens is seeing just like the SLR's. Drawbacks are it's size at times although it's a good hand hold like the SLR's and that it's only a 2.1 Mega pixel. I have had it some time now and yes it was expensive, bear in mind most things cost more here in the UK, this I got discounted by searching the internet then getting a local place to price promise/match the price ;D yet it still cost me $1000. Since I brought it I have taken loads of pictures, in fact I had to get a re-writer for the computer to free up some disc space ;D as an example I have 823 pictures on my Picturetrail account  In looks it's like the Minolta Dimage7 I think it is, which again looks an SLR camera. |
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Post by oneshot on Mar 19, 2004 17:56:45 GMT -5
Brithunter what part of Missouri did you go? I'm about 50 miles North of Springfield.
oneshot
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Post by Brithunter on Mar 28, 2004 7:59:29 GMT -5
Hi All, We were in Sullivan County up by the northern borders, nearest town was Milan if I remember right, here are a few more pictures from the trip:-  The fork horn trotted by quite early opening morning. My 9 pont buck appeared sneaking out of the point of timber behind about noon the following day.  I watched him go and took shots of him until he spotted the infa red focusing beam and spooked  Like so ;D  And I shot the 9 pointer about here.  He ran a few yards and fell by this tree.  Here is a 10 point shot by my host mid week.  Not all of it is open, this is down by the creek where I shot my Doe  A good sized one as well, this is after we dragged her out of the thicket. |
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Post by oneshot on Mar 28, 2004 15:33:46 GMT -5
I'm going to ask a stupid question.Why didn't you Field Dress that Doe before you drug her out?
I like hunting around the Central part of the state around Cooper County,but I mostly hunt around the house in Dallas County.
oneshot
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Post by flhuntress on Mar 28, 2004 15:40:44 GMT -5
i can't speak for him but where i hunt you have to bring them back intact so they get actual weights....plus i don't like how the meat gets all yucky when you're draggin'.
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Post by BlueNorther on Mar 28, 2004 21:25:38 GMT -5
I gut them where they fall and don't get "yucky" meat.
The biologist should know what a field dressed deer weights to begin with.
I'm sorry but I'm glad we don't have to go thru game checks everytime we shoot something.There are mandatory reports required on some game animals but they only have to be reported within 30 days of the kill and it's a verbal thing,you don't have to bring in the animal.
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Post by Brithunter on Apr 10, 2004 12:56:16 GMT -5
Hi All, It's quite simple why we dragged the Doe out, it was just too damn tight in those saplings  plus it's a lot easier if the deer is hung up as all the innerds fall out nice and easy, and I like easy trouble is this Doe was just to darned heavy to haul up on the branch  I was initialy after a youngster as that is what i saw first but it kept moving slowly getting those saplings in the way, as I lined her up in the sights this head suddenly appeared looking straight at me so I swung onto her neck quick and dropped her before she busted me! all I saw of her until she fell forward was the head and neck |
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plus it's a lot easier if the deer is hung up as all the innerds fall out nice and easy, and I like easy 